Shield brings prevention-first network security to critical infrastructure environments. Shield blocks malicious traffic at the network layer using the Global Threat Engine and 8.5 billion IP and DNS combinations refined since 2001.
| What it does | Blocks malicious network traffic at the network layer using reputation-based threat intelligence. |
|---|---|
| Who it's for | Security teams needing prevention-first network defense. |
| How it deploys | Shield's five products cover cloud, Shield OnPremise, endpoint, monitoring, and management. |
| What you get | Prevention of known-bad connections with full evidence of what was blocked. |
Sector-tagged customer outcomes from public sector, OT, healthcare, utilities, and municipal Shield deployments. Pick the environment closest to yours and see what the deployment looked like, what got blocked in the first 30 days, and what changed in the operating model.
These quotes come from named customers who have agreed to be referenced. Additional unnamed reference accounts are available during your POV scoping conversation.
Healthcare MSP
Greg's MSP supports healthcare clients across multiple regional health systems. Shield gave the practice a network-layer protection model that did not require putting agents on every connected medical device, with deployments that fit clinical operations timelines.
Healthcare sector page →NovaTech, Shield OnPremise
NovaTech runs Shield OnPremise on industrial network segments. The deployment delivered visibility into plant network traffic that the team had not had before, and protected unmanaged devices at the network layer without requiring endpoint instrumentation.
OT sector page →AM Liner, Shield OnPremise
AM Liner runs Shield OnPremise across their network footprint. The deployment supported the network monitoring and access control evidence requirements their customers and auditors expect, with operational fit for a lean IT team.
Compliance mapping →Across deployments in similar environments, certain patterns repeat. The summaries below describe what most customers in each sector observe within the first month of running Shield in observe-only or protect mode.
SLED deployments typically reveal active outbound C2 callbacks within the first week of observe-only mode. Many of these are originating from student or contractor devices that the IT team had no agent visibility into. Shield blocks the callbacks at the network edge and the IT team gets a clean event log to share with district or county leadership.
Utility deployments typically show continuous inbound recon activity from known-bad sources scanning public-facing infrastructure. The scans were happening before Shield and were not visible. With Shield, the scans are blocked at the perimeter and the utility's IT team has documented evidence of active monitoring for their compliance program.
Municipal deployments typically deliver a complete observe-to-protect timeline inside one to two weeks. The IT director gets visible value to take to the council and a defensible cybersecurity line item at budget time. Cyber insurance underwriting questions about network monitoring and known-bad blocking become straightforward to answer.
If you need a customer reference call before you proceed, we set those up during POV scoping. We work with the reference customer to schedule a call and frame the conversation around the operational and compliance questions you want to ask.
How long did deployment take? What did your IT team have to do? What changed in your operating model? What surprised you, positively or negatively, after Shield was running?
How did Shield show up in your audit conversations? What artifacts did your auditor reference? Did Shield event logs change how you answer cyber insurance underwriting questions?
Reference calls are arranged during your POV scoping conversation. We match you with a customer in a similar environment and a similar buying motion.
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